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MONOPHLEBUS. 
the possession of only a pair of wings, led Fabricius to place one of 
the species in company with the Dipterous Cecidomyise. 
Species I.— Monophlebus Fabricii, W. 
M. thoracc atro nitido, iiiargine sanguineo, abdomine nigro, apice piano bifido rufo, lobis setis 
tribus porrectis elongatis ; alis atris, lineis duabus albo-hyalinis; pedibus nigiis. <£. 
Syn. —Chironomu^dubius. Fabr. Syst. Anti. p. 46. 
Habitat in Sumatra. 
Obs .—The insect, described by Fabricius as the male of this 
species, being nearly half as small and with the setse of the abdomen 
short, was evidently the male of a distinct species. 
Species II.— Monophlebus atripennis , Klug. Burm. (Handb, 2. 80. exclus. syn. Chir. 
dubius, Fab.) M. fusco-ater, abdomine scutello alarumque basi obscure-coceineis, sub- 
pruinosis, antennis corpore longioribus hirsutissimis; alispiccis, lineis duabus albo-hyalinis; 
abdomine piano hirto, incisionibus profundis inter segmcnta, appendiculisque duobus 
carnosis liirtis ( g- lin. long.) apicalibus. Long. corp. 3^ lin. 
Habitat in Java. 
Species III.— Monophlebus Leachii , Westw. (Zool. Jl. No. 20, p.452.) Plate 6, fig. 1. 
M. piceo-niger, abdomine prothoracequo fusco-carneis, scutello albido ; alis piceis, lineis 
duabus albo-hyalinis ; antennis longissimis 25-articulatis ; abdomine plauo, apice inciso, seg¬ 
ments 5 ultimis ramutn longum (longitudine crescentes) pilosum utrinque emittentibus. 
Long. corp. lin. 3J> Long, rami ultimi lin. 1 ; long, autenn. lin. 4 ; expans. alar. lin. 8. 
Habitat in Malabaria—In Mus. nostr. 
Species IV .—Monophlebus Burmeisteri, Westw. (Plate 6, fig. 2.) M. piceo-niger, protho- 
race abdomineque fusco-carneis, scutello fasciaquc inter alas albidis ; alis Iatioribus piceis, 
basi parum pallidioribus lineisque duabus albo-hyalinis; antennis corpore longioribus; 
abdomine utrinque ramos 5 longiores ct pilosos emittente. 
E prsecedenti differt alis brevioribus latioribus, margine postico magis rotundato; et filamentis 
abdominalibus longioribus. 
Habitat — ? In Mus. nostr. Long. corp. lin. 2£. Expans. alar. lin. 6^. 
Species V.— Monophlebus Saundersii , Westw., M. Burmeisteri affinis at multo minor, 
albo-farinosus ramisque abdominalibus brevioribus, caput antenna pedes et dorsum thoracis 
bruimeo-fusca, thoracis latcribus abdomineque testaceo-carneis, hoc ad latera ramis brevi¬ 
oribus hirtis instruct© dtiohusque apicalibus longioribus. Ala? fuse® margine postico 
dilatato, lineis duabus albo-hyalinis. Penis cx ano prodiens, crassus cylindricua curvatus, 
ramis posticis longior, apice crassior truncatus. Long. corp. lin. Expans. aLir. lin. 4. 
Habitat in partibus septentrion. Indicc oricntalis, D. Campbell. In. Mus. D. W. W. Saunders. 
Species VE.— Monophlebus Raddoni . "Westw., (Plate 6, fig. 3.) INI. fulvo-carneus, antennis 
pedibusqne concoloribus, his articulis circiter 20 ; thoracis dorso piceo ; alis apice snbacutis, 
margine postico magis rotundato, fuscis lineis duabus albo-hyalinis (antica fere ad apicem 
alarum dueta), costa fulvo-carnca, vena postcostali sanguinea ; abdominis latelibus lobis 
parvis hirtis instructs, segmento ultimo appendiculis duabus majoribus ovalibus. Long, 
corp. lin. 2J. Expans. alar, lin 7^. 
Habitat apud il the Gold coast 9f Africse occidentals. In Mus. nostr. communic. D. Raddon. 
Species VII.— Monophlebus Illigeri , Westw. (Plate 6, fig. 4.) M. nigricans, capitc margi- 
nibus thoracis abdomineque sanguinco-fuscis ; antennis (corpore paullo longioribus 22-arti- 
culatis) pedibusque nigris; alis elongatis angustioribus, apice rotundatis, fuscis ; costa obscu- 
xiori; vena postcostali sanguinea, vena mediana abbreviata, lineisque duabus tenuibus 
albo-hyalinis; abdomine impressionibus profundis inter segmenta, lateribusque lobis 
parvis ovatis hirtis instructis. Long. corp. lin. 1Expans. alar. lin. 5. 
£ ? depressa coccinea albo-farinosn, pedibus 6 crassis, antennisque duabus longitudine 
tibiarum coiicoloribus. Long. corp. lin. 2^. 
Habitat in Terra Van Diemenii. D. Ewing, $ In. Mus. nostr. 
Species VIII.— Monophlebus fuscipennis, Burm. (Handb. d. Eut. 2, p. 80, pi. 2, fig. 46.) 
M. ex coccineo aurantiacug, £ antennis articulis *25. Capile tliorace pedibusque fuscis; 
alis lineis duabus byalinis ; undique snbpubescens, antennarum articulis 11 pedibusque 
fuscis. Expans. alar. <£, lin. 4. 
Habitat in Germania supra truncos quercuum, pinorum, &c. In. Mus. nostr. ?. Dedit. 
D. D. Burmeister. 
The plant represented in the plate is the Indian Periploea 
esculenta. 
